दिवस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪ.ʋəs/, [d̪ɪ.ʋɐs]

Noun

दिवस • (divas) m

(less common, often poetic) day
Synonyms: यौम (yaum), दिन (din), रोज़ (roz)

Declension

Declension of *दिवस* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	दिवस divas	दिवस divas
oblique	दिवस divas	दिवसों divasõ
vocative	दिवस divas	दिवसो divaso

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa). Compare with Gujarati દિવસ (divas).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪i.ʋəs/
Audio: (file)

Noun

दिवस • (divas) m

(common) day
Synonym: दिन (din)

Declension

Declension of दिवस (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	दिवस divas
direct plural	दिवस divas
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दिवस divas	दिवस divas
oblique सामान्यरूप	दिवसा divasā	दिवसां- divasān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दिवसाला divasālā	दिवसांना divasānnā
ergative	दिवसाने, दिवसानं divasāne, divasāna	दिवसांनी divasānnī
instrumental	दिवसाशी divasāśī	दिवसांशी divasānśī
locative सप्तमी	दिवसात divasāt	दिवसांत divasāt
vocative संबोधन	दिवसा divasā	दिवसांनो divasānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दिवस (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दिवसाचा divasāċā	दिवसाचे divasāċe	दिवसाची divasācī	दिवसाच्या divasācā	दिवसाचे, दिवसाचं divasāċe, divasāċa	दिवसाची divasācī	दिवसाच्या divasācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दिवसांचा divasānċā	दिवसांचे divasānċe	दिवसांची divasāñcī	दिवसांच्या divasāncā	दिवसांचे, दिवसांचं divasānċe, divasānċa	दिवसांची divasāñcī	दिवसांच्या divasāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दिवस”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

divasa (Latin script)
𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (Brahmi script)
দিৰস (Bengali script)
දිවස (Sinhalese script)
ဒိဝသ or ၻိဝသ (Burmese script)
ทิวส or ทิวะสะ (Thai script)
ᨴᩥᩅᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ທິວສ or ທິວະສະ (Lao script)
ទិវស (Khmer script)
𑄘𑄨𑅇𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

दिवस m

Devanagari script form of divasa

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

দিৱস (Assamese script)
ᬤᬶᬯᬲ (Balinese script)
দিবস (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰰𑰪𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ဒိဝသ (Burmese script)
દિવસ (Gujarati script)
ਦਿਵਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌿𑌵𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦶꦮꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂱𑂫𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ದಿವಸ (Kannada script)
ទិវស (Khmer script)
ທິວສ (Lao script)
ദിവസ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᡳᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘱𑘪𑘭 (Modi script)
ᢑᠢᠸᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑧒𑧊𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐶𑐰𑐳 (Newa script)
ଦିଵସ (Odia script)
ꢣꢶꢮꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆴𑆮𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖰𑖪𑖭 (Siddham script)
දිවස (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩑𑩾𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚮𑚦𑚨 (Takri script)
தி³வஸ (Tamil script)
దివస (Telugu script)
ทิวส (Thai script)
དི་ཝ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒱𑒫𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨁𑨭𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyā́wš

Sanskrit द्यु (dyu)

Sanskrit दिव् (div)

Sanskrit दिवस (divasa)

From the root दिव् (div).

Noun

दिवस • (divasa) stem, m

day
Synonym: दिन (dina)

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (divasa)
Dardic:
- Domaaki: دَوس (dōs)
- Gawar-Bati: دَوس (dōs)
- Kalami: دَوس (dōs)
- Kashmiri: دوس (dōs, “sun”), دوس (dōs), ڈوڈ (ḍōḍ), دیس (dēs)
- Indus Kohistani: دس (dis)
- Phalura: deés
- Shina: ديز
- Savi: دَيس (dēs)
Southern:
- Elu Prakrit:
  - Dhivehi: ދުވަސް (duvas)
  - Sinhalese: දවස (dawasa)
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
  - → Konkani:
    Devanagari script: दीस
    
    Kannada script: ದೀಸ್
    
    Latin script: dis
Northern:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: दिहाड़ा (dihāṛā)
    
    Urdu: دِہاڑا (dihāṛā)
  - Kalo Finnish Romani: diives
  - Kumaoni: दिस (“day”)
  - Nepali: दिउँसो (diũso, “daytime”)
  - Old Gujarati: દીસ (dīs)
    - Gujarati: દીસ (dīs, “daytime”), દી (dī), દહાડો (dahāḍo)
  - Old Punjabi: دین٘ہہ (deṉh)
  - Romani: dives, dǐves, děs
  - Sindhi:
    - Devanagari script: ॾिहाड़ो
    - Arabic script: ڏِهاڙو
→ Bengali: দিবস (diboś)
→ Gujarati: દિવસ (divas)
→ Hindi: दिवस (divas)
→ Kannada: ದಿವಸ (divasa)
→ Javanese: ꦢꦺꦮꦱ (déwasa)
- → Malay: dewasa (“adult”)
  - Indonesian: dewasa
→ Malayalam: ദിവസം (divasaṁ)
→ Gujarati: દદિવસ (dadivas, “daytime”)
→ Marathi: दिवस (divas)
→ Punjabi: ਦਿਵਸ (divas)
→ Telugu: దివసము (divasamu)
Pali: divasa
- Thai: ทิวส

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press